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Headlines for April 27, 2007PRESIDENT TO APPOINT HEAD OF GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OF MILITARY FORCES AFTER MAY 9
The appointment of a head of general headquarters of the Armenian military forces will be after May 9, Michael Harutunyan, newly appointed defense minister of Armenia, told reporters today. In his words, ...JOINT ENDEAVOR 2007 MILITARY EXERCISES KICK OFF IN ARMENIA
Joint endeavor 2007 military exercises kicked off in Yerevan today. U.S. European commandership implements the exercises within the framework of Partnership for Peace Program. Michael Harutunyan, defense ...SOCIOMETER SAYS RATING OF BHK DECLINES
Sociometer has reported decline in rating of Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK). Aharon Adibekyan, director of the center, said, Enthusiasm to this party has declined. It had 70 percent level of trust which ...HISTORIAN NOT SURPRISED AT ANOTHER CHANGE IN US STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT
It is no wonder for historian Richard Hovannisyan that Human Rights Annual Report of U.S. State Department has undergone another change. He believes Baku is very important for USA and Armenia is in a ...ARMENIAN POSTAL SERVICE JOINS EUROGIRO
Today HayPost signed the membership agreement for Eurogiro Network, through which HayPost offices will be electronically connected to more than 60,000 post offices across Europe; the 50 million Postbank ...HISTORIAN SAYS GEORGE BUSH DOES NOT USE WORD GENOCIDE UNDER TURKISH PRESSURES
He, of coarse, understands his mistake and should use the right word, Richard Hovannisyan, a historian, said speaking about April 24 address of U.S. President George Bush. The historian said Bush does ...OMX TO BUY ARMENIAN STOCK EXCHANGE AND CENTRAL DEPOSITARY
OMX, leading expert in exchange industry, Armenian Central bank and the government of Armenia signed an memorandum of intention on purchase of the Armenian stock exchange and central depositary, CB press ...ARMENIAN ELECTIONS WILL BE A POSITIVE PRECEDENT FOR NIS COUNTRIES, NIS INSTITUTE VICE CHAIRMAN SAYS
May 12 parliamentary elections of Armenia will be a positive precedent for NIS, Vladimir Jarikhin, vice chairman of NIS Institute, said. He also said the political fight is tense but the situation is ...
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Today in Armenian history- 1749 Death of Mkhitar Sebastatsee. He founded the Roman Catholic Mkhitarist Congregation. He was born in 1676.
- 1827 Russian forces lay seige to Fort Yerevan (currently the Armenian Winery building).
- 1849 Students create the "Ararat Union" in Paris.
- 1868 Death of Grigor Aghatonyan in Paris. He was born in 1823.
- 1915 Birth of Hovhannes Shiraz (poet). He died in 1984.
- 1919 In Constantinople, start of the trials of the leaders of the Young Turk government and the central committee members of the "Union and Progress" party.
- 1925 The Science and Art Institute of the Armenian SSR opens in Yerevan.
- 1930 Death of Archbishop Eghisheh Doorian, historian, literary figure, author, and Patriarch of Jerusalem.
- 1931 An earthquake (Richter Scale: 6.3) occurs in Zangezoor and affects a 100 000 sq.km. area. The Monastery of Tatev and other structures on the Tatev highlands and in the valley of the Vorotan River are destroyed.
- 1994 Israel officially condemned the Armenian Genocide as Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Yossi Beilin proclaimed on the floor of the Knesset (the Israeli legislature), in answer to the claims of the Turkish Ambassador, that "It was not war. It was most certainly massacre and genocide, something the world must remember".
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